College of Engineering & Applied College of Engineering & Applied SciencesSciences

All Hands Meeting

17 September 2010

           

Opening Remarks – Tony Vizzini United Way – Said AbuBakr College Awards – Tony Vizzini Academic Affairs – Tim Greene Dean’s Remarks – Tony Vizzini Questions

Annual CEAS photograph @ the tower

AgendaAgenda

College of Engineering & Applied College of Engineering & Applied SciencesSciences

Said AbuBakr

United Way

17 September 2010

College of Engineering & Applied College of Engineering & Applied SciencesSciences

Tony Vizzini

College Awards

17 September 2010

           

Upul Attanayake (CCE) – Assistant Professor

Chuck Overberger (CEAS) – IT & Classroom Technology Specialist

Chris Sell – Career Pingbo Tang (CCE) – Assistant Professor

Laura Decker (CEAS) Frank Severance (ECE)

IntroductionsIntroductions

FarewellsFarewells

           

Ikhlas Abdel-Qadar (ECE) – Professor Liang Dong (ECE) – Associate Professor

with Tenure David Meade (MFE) – Associate Professor

with Tenure Alexandra Pekarovicova (PCI) – Professor Tom Swartz (IME) – Master Specialist Step Slobodan Urdarevik (IME) – Master

Specialist with Tenure

Promotion & TenurePromotion & Tenure

           

CEAS Faculty/Staff AwardsCEAS Faculty/Staff Awards

Outstanding New Educator Outstanding New Researcher Outstanding Educator Outstanding Researcher Outstanding Staff Outstanding Service

           

Awards CommitteeAwards Committee

Past award winners

           

CEAS Outstanding New EducatorCEAS Outstanding New Educator

Claudia FajardoClaudia Fajardo

            Tom SwartzTom Swartz

CEAS Outstanding EducatorCEAS Outstanding Educator

            Jun-Seok OhJun-Seok Oh

CEAS Outstanding ResearcherCEAS Outstanding Researcher

            Peter ThannhauserPeter Thannhauser

CEAS Outstanding StaffCEAS Outstanding Staff

            Karlis KaugarsKarlis Kaugars

CEAS Outstanding ServiceCEAS Outstanding Service

College of Engineering & Applied College of Engineering & Applied SciencesSciences

Tim Greene

Provost

17 September 2010

College of Engineering & Applied College of Engineering & Applied SciencesSciences

Tony Vizzini

State of the College

17 September 2010

           

State of the CollegeState of the College

Largest orientation class at Parkview Fall 10 enrollment is up ~2% (parallels

WMU increase) Profile of incoming students improved

(greater percentage Calculus ready) FY 10 Research awards are up ~3%

           

Student AccomplishmentsStudent Accomplishments

SAE – Honeywell 2009 Outstanding Collegiate Branch; 2nd Place at the Student Exhibit Congress

ASCE – Hosted the 2010 North Central Regional Conference; 2nd Place in the Concrete Canoe

TAGA – Phoenix Challenge: Best Technical Writing @ 2010 TAGA Conf

Samantha Hamman (PCI) – AICC Scholarship Mohamed Elwakil & James Yang (CS) – Best

Paper at 8th Intl Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Trento, Italy

           

AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

Green Manufacturing, DOE – $972K (Patten) Green Manufacturing Industrial Consortium –

Kick-off May Seismic Risk Reduction for Soft-Story, Wood

frame Buildings, NSF – $107K (Shao*) National Registry of Printed Electronic Materials –

$138K (PCI, ECE) Host University for Microelectronic Printing Press

– CAPE CAViDS Hybrid Electric Applied Research Lab in

partnership with EATON

           

AccomplishmentsAccomplishments

Effective Academic and Student Affairs Collaboration to Enhance Student Success in Engineering and Applied Sciences, NSF - $1.99M (Tsang, Abdel-Qader, Engelmann, Anderson, Darrah)

Meeting the Challenge: the Michigan Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, NSF – (UM, Tsang, et al)

DOE – STEP Consortium, University of Minnesota – (Asumado)

           

Multi-Purpose RoomMulti-Purpose Room

Seminars Short courses Receptions Dinners Professional meetings

           

Seminar SeatingSeminar Seating

           

Banquet SeatingBanquet Seating

           

CAE LabCAE Lab

Splash of color

White board wall

Artifacts

           

Wall of FameWall of Fame

Tim Witteveen – Alumina Metal Graphics

Utilize 2nd Floor lobby to showcase CEAS faculty and staff

Eye-catching, tours, functions

Modular, expandable

           

Working GroupsWorking Groups

Energy, Environment, and Economics (E3) – John Patten

Medical Engineering – Tycho Fredericks

Infrastructure – Jun-Seok Oh

           

Medical Engineering Medical Engineering Working GroupWorking Group

           

Medical Engineering Medical Engineering Working Group (Spring 09)Working Group (Spring 09)

Initial meetings were centered on sharing research being conducted in Healthcare sector

Identified Pockets of Excellence & StrengthsPrototype construction, sensors, health

information systems, relationships with industry, educating/training

Discussed academic models

           

Mission Statement Mission Statement

To Create Technologies and Develop Professionals to

Improve Health

           

Possible Future DirectionsPossible Future Directions

ResearchUnderstanding a healthy built environmentPrinting bio materials/sensors Investigating biological mechanismsDevelopment of functional prototypes Improving information management

Education/TrainingTraining for IndustryCertificates in Medical EngineeringCurriculum development for MS in Medical EngineeringMedical Engineering minor

Expansion of Medical Engineering Working Group (University)

Advisory Board

Infrastructure Research Working Infrastructure Research Working Group Meeting Group Meeting

Jun S. Oh

           

ActivitiesActivities

January 27, Kick-off meeting February 24, Discussed future direction March 31, Center for Integrated

Infrastructure Studies (draft)

Center for Integrated Infrastructure Studies (CIIS)

           

Center for Integrated Center for Integrated Infrastructure StudiesInfrastructure Studies

VisionThe Center for Integrated Infrastructure Studies (CIIS) is an internationally

recognized research center providing solutions to complex interactive infrastructure problems utilizing an interdisciplinary research approach.

PurposeThe CIIS will focus on providing innovative solutions to transportation, national

security and related challenges which involve complex interactions of geographic, social and human factors. This will include the spectrum from personal transportation to mass transit and encompass the design and technology of the vehicles and vehicle systems as well as the airways, roadways and waterways which provide efficient mobility to individuals and the transportation of goods and services.

           

MissionMissionThe mission of the CIIS is to assist governmental agencies and private sector in finding solutions to complex infrastructure problems through interdisciplinary collaboration, research and education. In fulfilling the mission the Center will focus on:Research

Identifying and solving complex infrastructure problems. Providing unique solutions to National Security concerns.Addressing efficiency and safety within the transportation sector.Developing new technological solutions which lead to economic

development.

           

Mission – continuedMission – continued

Teaching and outreachOffering undergraduate research opportunities and courses

which provide insight and knowledge in a globally interactive transportation community.

Providing graduate research and education opportunities.Providing short courses and seminars related to solving

infrastructure problems. Interacting with the K-12 education community to share the

diverse opportunities within and education required for futures in this area.

Professional and workforce development and training.Local government and agency interaction.

           

Roster (23 people)Roster (23 people)

Department Name

CCE (6) Jun S. Oh, Sarah Shao, Upul AttanayakeYufeng Hu, Osama Abudayyeh, Haluk Aktan

CS (3) Masood Atashbar, Li Yang, Ala Al-Fuqaha

ECE (2) Ikhlas Abdel-Qadar, Liang Dong

IME (3) Mitch Keil, Steven Butt, Tycho Fredericks

MAE (4) Daniel Kujawaski, Kapseong Ro, Richard Hathaway, Tony Vizzini

PCI (1) Thomas Joyce

Others Richard Long (Health and Human Services)Ron VanHouten (PsychologyCharles Emerson (Geography)Greg Rosine (Legislative Office)

           

Departmental WorkloadDepartmental Workload

Faculty – 24 hours, Specialists – 30 hours of instruction (or equivalent)

Account for actual credit hours (plus 10%) Acknowledge responsibilities of chair,

major service areas Allow for creative and scholarly endeavors Support new and Assistant Professors Account for and support buyout

           

Departmental WorkloadDepartmental Workload

CEAS is accountable Departments are heavily loaded – 96%,

100%, 100%, 104%, 111%, 145%, and 165% efficiencies

No room for further growth – students (undergraduate and graduate), research without additional faculty resources – new faculty, faculty buyout

           

New FacultyNew Faculty

Executive Committee identified three areas for new facultyBackfill – Address erosion in CEASE3 – Driving technological force in Michigan and the nationMedical Engineering – Dovetail with WMU Medical School

(MD-PhD) WMU FY11 Budget – $2.5M for new faculty to be hired

for Fall 11 CEAS – 2 year plan

           

CEAS BudgetCEAS Budget

In round figures$16M – 2400 students, 30 staff, and 90 faculty>95% personnel costsWorse case scenario – $470K (2.9%)

Gave back two lines (one retirement, the other was undesignated)

Returned PT moniesReduced undesignated funds by 50% - limited

PT and Terms

           

What’s MissingWhat’s Missing

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. – E. A. Poe

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. – James Joyce

Man is only great when he acts from passion. – Benjamin Disraeli

It is obvious that we can no more explain passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. – T. S. Eliot

Or is it?

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. –

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. –

Man is only great when he acts from passion. –

It is obvious that we can no more explain passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. –

           

Hardly GoneHardly Gone

See the excitementFall Welcome – Buzz in the buildingHelpful individuals, smiling faces

Hear the excitementWalk by on-going classesListen to the students in the hall

Feel the excitementSpring in your step

           

One More ThoughtOne More Thought

CEAS hallmark has been that we produce job-ready graduatesCitizensContributorsInnovators

We generate career-ready graduatesProfessionalsLife-long learnersLeaders

           

Charge for 2010 – 2011Charge for 2010 – 2011

CelebrateWall of Fame, Multi-purpose

ShareChallenge Coins

GrowBackfill and focus in research areas

           

Take AwaysTake Aways

Great things are happening in the college and great people are in the halls

New opportunities are at our door

I’m a firm believer in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don’t enjoy – Jack Nicklaus

           

Questions?